Spoils of War

Because of its ties to the Nazi regime, an unremarkable painting that hung for years in a Rhode Island apartment is now at the center of a legal mess. Should it be returned to the estate of the...

By Denise Dowling

Playing it Safe

Save The Bay was once a scrappy, shoestring fighter for the environment. Now it has a multi-million-dollar budget, a former hedge fund manager as boss, and confrontation is a thing of the past. Has...

By Bob Wyss

Real Estate Q & A

Last year, Nelson Taylor had the highest gross sales among the state’s under-forty realtors. But his territory’s not East Greenwich or Barrington. Instead, Taylor’s wrangling houses on the...

By Jenna Pelletier

When You're Not Eating

Sure, you may journey to the Hill for the food, but there’s plenty to do after your carb load.

By Jenna Pelletier

Federal Hill Timeline

A brief history of Federal Hill

Going Coastal

By Ellen Liberman

The Independent Man

Punk Activist Ted Leo wants to know: Where have all the rude boys gone?

By Jamie Samons

Clean Slate

When Dean Esserman became chief of the Providence police, he inherited a corrupt department and a soaring crime rate. But this new-style cop who never walked the beat has cleaned up both.

By Jim Taricani

An Educated Choice

Rhode Island charter schools offer options and innovation in a beleaguered education system. But are they money well-spent?

By Richard C. Lewis

Type A+

They share a common superlative—“most likely to succeed”—but these high achievers come from very different backgrounds.

By Gail Braccidiferro

How to get into Harvard

It’s Ivy League or bust for many high schoolers, but is the name-brand degree worth all the hype — and angst? PLUS tips on getting into the college of your dreams.

By Mary Grady

Diving with Demons

A Rhode Islander returns to confront the wreck he couldn’t face before. U-853, a World War II German submarine sunk off the coast of Block Island.

By Tristram Korten

Clip Job

The state budget’s in shambles and seems doomed to remain so. Here are ten ways to fix it.

By Ellen Liberman

Knitting for Annabelle

When Ann Hood’s friends knitted dozens of pink sweaters for an orphanage in China, they also helped mend an empty place in her heart.

By Ann Hood

Pride Street

Westerly’s North End was a working class neighborhood in a downward spiral of seedy bars and drug dealers, until the residents fought to take back their streets.

By Gail Braccidiferro

Faces of War

With a mom or dad deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, sons and daughters step up to fill their boots on the ground.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

High Priority

By Ellen Liberman

The Return of Billy the Kid

At age eleven, Billy Gilman was a country music phenom. Now at nineteen, he’s convinced he can make it big in show business. Again.

By Paul E. Kandarian

Last call for sin

In a state that permits prostitution behind closed doors, business is booming as the oldest profession has gone hi-tech. But officials are fighting to pull the plug.

By Denise Dowling

Reel Stars

You may get to schmooze the glitterati at Newport’s International Film Festival. But you’re more likely to meet people who just love movies, as one fan discovered last year.

By Beth Schwartzapfel